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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

13:54
Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
13:52
Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
13:43
Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
13:39
Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
13:37
Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
13:36
Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
12:31
Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
12:18
Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
11:49
Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)
11:38
Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)

More Breaking News

Middle East

Syria rebels overrun towns near border with Israel, monitoring group says

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says rebels have captured Khan Arnabeh, which sits on the Israeli-Syrian disengagement line and straddles a main road leading into Israeli-held territory.

By Reuters | Mar 21, 2013 | 12:44 PM

Golan Heights - AP

U.S. ambassador to Syria: No evidence to back reports chemical weapons used
By Eli Ashkenazi, Reuters and The Associated Press | 9
Time to put an Alawite state on the map
By Ely Karmon | 6
Obama reassures Israel, while taking a step back from the Middle East
By Aluf Benn | 8

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal Saudi arabia

Saudi Arabia jails two prominent human rights activists for 10 years

Lengthy prison sentence pronounced for two founding members of outlawed ACPRA group who were blamed for spreading 'inaccurate information'.

By Reuters | Mar 9, 2013 | 06:03 PM | 10

Smoke and fire rises from the Egyptian Soccer Federation after protesters set fire.

Angry Egyptian fans torch soccer federation

Blaze follows acquittal of seven of nine police officials on trial for their alleged role in a deadly stadium melee last year, while deaths sentences confirmed for 21 fans in the case.

By The Associated Press | Mar 9, 2013 | 01:40 PM

An image grab taken from a Youtube video allegedly showing three uniformed members of the UN.

Clashes erupt near Syrian village where UN peacekeepers are being held

Earlier reports said fighting subsided in Jamla, where 21 peacekeepers held hostage by rebels; Syrian troops, opposition agreed to brief Saturday truce so UN could retrieve them, fighting could complicate release efforts.

By The Associated Press, Reuters | Mar 9, 2013 | 01:07 PM

Egyptian soccer fans of Al-Ahly club, Cairo, March 9, 2013.

Egyptian court confirms death sentences for 21 soccer fans over riot

Two senior senior police officers also jailed for 15 years for their role in the stadium riot in Port Said in February 2012, in which more than 70 people died; fans rampage in Cairo after verdict.

By Reuters | Mar 9, 2013 | 12:34 PM | 2

Afghan Army soldier at the scene of the suicide bombing that killed 9 in Kabul during Chuck Hagel.

As U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visits, 9 killed in Kabul suicide bomb

Pentagon spokesman George Little said the secretary was in a briefing at a U.S.-led military coalition facility in another part of the city when the explosion occurred; Taliban claims responsibility for attack.

By The Associated Press, Reuters | Mar 9, 2013 | 09:02 AM | 2

A UN peacekeeper from the UNDOF force looks through binoculars as he guards on a watch tower.

UN reaches deal to retrieve peacekeepers from Syrian rebels on Saturday

Syrian troops, opposition agree to brief truce so UN can extract the 21 kidnapped peacekeepers, after release bid abandoned Friday.

By Reuters | Mar 9, 2013 | 08:28 AM

An image grab taken from a Youtube video allegedly showing three uniformed members of the UN.

UN: Unsafe conditions scuttle release of seized peacekeepers in Syria

Arrangements were made for release of the 21 peacekeepers, but UN had to call off the operation, saying efforts will continue on Saturday.

By Reuters | Mar 8, 2013 | 10:02 PM | 9

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law - AP

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law pleads not guilty to plot against Americans

The U.S. trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was al-Qaida's top spokesman and arrested last week in Jordan, expected to last three weeks.

By The Associated Press | Mar 8, 2013 | 06:02 PM | 2

A UN peacekeeper from the Philippines UNDOF force crosses to Syria.

Eight UN peacekeepers abandon posts near Syria, retreat to Israeli territory

Filipino soldiers leave demilitarized zone in accordance with UNDOF command, as Syrian rebels refuse to release 21 kidnapped peacekeepers.

By Gili Cohen | Mar 8, 2013 | 12:45 PM | 11

An image grab taken from a Youtube video allegedly showing three uniformed members of the UN.

Philippines: Syrian rebels refuse to free UN peacekeepers, despite promise

Spokesman for the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, says rebels had been expected to free the peacekeepers early Friday.

By The Associated Press | Mar 8, 2013 | 10:08 AM

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Diplomacy & Defense

Gaza rocket explodes in Sderot.

Gaza rockets slam southern Israel during Obama visit

By Amos Harel, Barak Ravid | 09:50 AM | 39

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at their joint news conference

Full transcript of Obama-Netanyahu joint press conference

By Haaretz | 11:00 PM | 3

U.S. President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu speak at a news conference in Jerusalem, March 2

LIVE BLOG: Barack Obama visits Israel: Day one

By Haaretz | 09:41 PM | 150

National

Ramat Gan mayor Zvi Bar.

Justice Danziger recuses himself in Ramat Gan mayor bribery case

By Revital Hovel | 11:26 AM

Operating room in Ichilov Hospital

Israeli woman dies during routine hernia operation, Health Ministry investigating

By Dan Even | 06:23 AM

A trash separation site ahead of recycling.

Israel pushes settlers and Palestinians to cooperate on recycling

By Zafrir Rinat | 02:30 AM | 3

The Iran Debate

Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran

Poll: 64% of Americans would support U.S. strike to prevent Iran's nuclear program

By Chemi Shalev | 06:28 PM | 21

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi in Tehran, Iran.

Iran will promise UN not to seek nuclear bomb, semi-official agency reports

By The Associated Press | 05:53 PM | 21

Obama

Obama to U.S. Jews: Still room for Iran diplomacy, no point in 'chest beating'

By Chemi Shalev, Barak Ravid | 11:37 PM | 44

World

Omar al-Bashir speaking in Sudan

Sudan's president says he will quit in 2015, after over 20 years in power

By The Associated Press | 04:20 AM

Pope Francis urges 'a poor church and a church for the poor'

By The Associated Press | 02:15 AM | 2

Holocaust survivor searches for long-lost twin on Facebook

By Ofer Aderet | 02:40 AM

U.S. Elections 2012

Inauguration

Americans in Israel toast to four more years of Obama

By Andrew Esensten | 06:04 PM

President Barack Obama holds up a pen as he speaks about the economy and the deficit, November 9, 20

Obama wins in Florida, besting Romney in final vote count

By The Associated Press | 09:02 PM | 4

Americans young and old gathering for a post-election party at Jerusalem’s Coffee Bean Wednesday.

Far from home, Obama supporters living in Israel rejoice

By Mordechai I. Twersky | 03:48 AM | 5

Features

eternity

Word of the Day / Lanetzah

By Shoshana Kordova | 10:23 AM

Rabbis Orthodox Jews

This day in Jewish history / The rebbe who met with Freud

By David B. Green | 09:35 AM

Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, center.

David's Harp / Yair Lapid: New politics, or just born yesterday?

By David Rosenberg | 08:54 PM

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